World Cup, Berlin: Peter Marshall Crushes World Record; Li Tao Claims World Cup Standard

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BERLIN, Germany, November 15. THE first afternoon of finals at the Berlin stop of the FINA World Cup featured a sterling world-record performance by Peter Marshall. Meanwhile, Singapore's Li Tao also claimed a World Cup standard.

Women's 800 freestyle
Denmark's Lotte Friis claimed the distance free title in 8:14.41, while Chile's Kristel Kobrich placed second in 8:16.36. Germany's Melanie Radicke finished third in 8:28.48.

Men's 100 freestyle
France's Alain Bernard topped the event in 46.28. South Africa's Lyndon Ferns touched second in 46.71, while Russia's Evgeny Lagunov touched third in 47.06.

Women's 200 freestyle
France's Coralie Balmy touched first in 1:54.05, while Sweden's Petra Granlund (1:54.45) and Josefin Lillhage (1:55.57) rounded out the top three.

Men's 50 breaststroke
South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh just missed his world record of 25.94 with a winning time of 26.05. Kazakhstan's Vlad Polyakov finished second in 26.85, while Australia's Christian Sprenger placed third in 27.04.

Women's 100 breaststroke
Australia's Sarah Katsoulis touched out Tara Kirk of the U.S., 1:05.07 to 1:05.56. Australia's Sally Foster finished third in 1:07.33.

Men's 400 IM
Robert Margalis of the U.S. claimed the distance medley event in 4:13.30, while Great Britain's Xavier Mohammed touched second in 4:15.88. Germany's Yannick Lebherz rounded out the podium in 4:16.54.

Women's 100 butterfly
Singapore's Li Tao picked off the World Cup record with a time of 56.28. The swim cleared the 56.34 set by Natalie Coughlin at the 2002 New York stop. Meanwhile, South Africa's Mandy Loots finished second in 58.05, while Sweden's Petra Granlund placed third in 58.21.

Men's 100 backstroke
Peter Marshall of the U.S. laid down a ridiculous time in the 100 back as he smashed his world record in the event. Marshall clocked a time of 49.63, going out in 23.85 and coming back in 25.78. The performance crushed Marshall's short-lived global standard of 49.94 set earlier this week.

Randall Bal of the U.S. finished second in 50.55, while Australia's Robert Hurley placed third in 50.70.

Women's 50 backstroke
Croatia's Sanja Jovanovic touched out Germany's Daniela Samulski, 27.19 to 27.29, in the sprint back. Brazil's Fabiola Molina completed the top three in 27.41.

Men's 200 butterfly
Russia's Nikolay Skvortsov won in 1:51.78, while Australia's Chris Wright finished second in 1:53.49. France's Christophe Lebon touched third in 1:53.80.

Women's 200 IM
Germany's Theresa Michalak captured the title in 2:10.92, while Great Britain's Sophie Allen (2:11.55) and South Africa's Mandy Loots (2:11.68) completed a closely-contested top three.

Men's 400 freestyle
Tunisia's Ous Mellouli flirted with Grant Hackett's world record of 3:34.58, but wound up winning the middle distance event in 3:36.75. Germany's Paul Biedermann placed second in 3:40.29, while Denmark's Mads Glaesner finished third in 3:41.30.

Women's 50 freestyle
Sweden's Therese Alshammar snatched the splash-and-dash title in 24.16, while Australia's Marieke Guehrer touched second in 24.42. Sweden's Josefin Lillhage wound up third in 24.57.

Men's 200 breaststroke
Ukraine's Igor Borysik claimed the crown in 2:05.77, while Australia's Christian Sprenger took second in 2:06.73 from lane 1. Kazakhstan's Vlad Polyakov placed third in 2:06.94.

Men's 100 IM
South Africa's Darian Townsend was out under world-record pace, but settled for a 51.80 to miss the 51.15 set by Ryan Lochte at Worlds. He also just missed Ryk Neethling's World Cup standard of 51.52. Lithuania's Vytautas Janusaitis finished second in 53.32, while Tunisia's Ous Mellouli touched third in 53.43.

Women's 200 backstroke
New Zealand's Melissa Ingram won the race in 2:04.31, while Japan's Tomoyo Fukuda (2:05.29) and Denmark's Elspa Morkore (2:07.66) completed the podium.

Men's 50 butterfly
Australia's Matt Jaukovic just missed his world record of 22.50 with a blazing time of 22.58. Germany's Johannes Dietrich finished second in 22.88, while Russia's Evgeny Korotyshkin picked up third in 22.93.

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